Internal party procedures—vendor stalls, accreditation, and space allocations—can be used to exclude dissenting factions, effectively functioning as speech controls inside political organizations. This turns logistical decisions into viewpoint filters that shape what members and media encounter as the party’s 'mainstream' stance.
— If parties normalize internal no‑platforming, intra‑party democracy narrows and national debate inherits a pre‑filtered range of acceptable views.
Joseph Burns
2026.01.07
80% relevant
The WFP’s new legal authority to commence disenrollment proceedings centralizes internal party discipline—functionally turning party machinery into a gatekeeper that can exclude dissenting officials. That mirrors the existing idea that party procedural control can be used to police acceptable views and membership inside political organizations.
Julie Bindel
2025.10.08
100% relevant
At the Green Party’s conference, the women’s‑rights group Green Women’s Declaration was reportedly denied a booked stall as 'non‑inclusive.'
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